Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-13
most at the water,s edge.

most at the water edge.
WED forgotten all about you, said
the sailor who had unlocked my door.
II went aft and took hand in launch
ing the boats. As did so | heard the
captain say:
Remember, men, that we must stick
by our agreement. You are to do your
best and the mates and l are to say
nothing about the mutiny. Quick, the
ship is sinking and We'll be swamped with
her"
'In a moment the boats were over the
side. We were about to get into them
when Mike said to the captain:
Amt we going to have some of them
smuggled diamonds for helping you TO get
them ashore, captain
81 have no diamonds, replied the cap
tain Now that it's all over l don't
mind telling you that there really is a
deal body in that box. tried to put you
fellows off by saying that it contained dia-
monds and silks.
wen make sure of that, captain,
said like, who started toward the cabin
door with Tony.
the captain drew his revolver and
pointed it at Mike, who stopped. So did
Tony
THAT box contains the body Of my
sister. 1t must not be touched. IL you
want to live get into the boatr cried the
captain.
Mike, followed by Tony, climbed down
into the smaller of the two boats. Then
six of the men, the steward, and the two
mates tumbled into the larger boat. The
captain was about to follow, when the
boat pushed OF from the side. Then the
captain told ma and tho only remaining
sailor to get into tho smaller boat, into
which he followed us We had just
pushed away when the bark gave plunge
forward, keeled over to one side,- and
sank We narrowly escaped being
swamped by the sinking of the vessel We
could see the land about twenty miles to
leeward. noticed that the captain did'n
seem pleased at being in the smaller boat
along with Mike and Tony. l thought
that he was going to hail the big boat and
have the mate change places with him.
but when looked around | saw that the
other boat was making rapidly for the
land and was fast getting beyond hailing
distance Ipulled the stroke oar and just
behind me was Tony, who was next TO
Mike. The captain urged them to pull
TO the big boat, but the two chaps took it
easy and in an hour the other boat was
out Of sight could hear Tony and Mike
whispering to each other in low tones, but
/ could not make out what they said
The captain in steering the boat moved
rather stifi1y, as if his clothes didn't set
easy on him. got the idea that he must
have something slowed away about him.
z hai Apr, nt that tho hNy haI tas, ad
damon Is and that he had them about
him After we had been about three
hours in the boat Tony jumped up and,
pointing astern of the boat, cried. Look
therer
The captain turned around to look and
Tony sprang over me. saw the blade of
a stiletto flashing in his hand. Quick as a
fash grappled him, and we both fell in the
bottom OF the boat. Mike jumped toward
US, but before he could do anything the
captain had got the stiletto out of Tony's
hand. Then he covered Tony with his
pistol and made him crawl back to his
place behind me. The captain kept his
pistol out and made the two mutineers row
hard for several hours. We were getting
in close to the land when a coasting
schooner came along and picked Us up.
The captain said nothing about the mu-
tiny. Late in the afternoon the schooner
landed US in Bermuda, where we found the
crew Of the other boat. The captain re-
ported the loss Of the bark to the Ameri-
can consul, but said nothing about the
mutiny. Nearly all Of the crew shipped
on vessels then in port. The consul gave
me passage on q steamer that sailed for
New York a few days afterwardl The
captain came to see me OF, and handed me
an order for $500 on his New York agents
at first told him that couldn't take pay
for helping him to smuggle diamonds, but
be said that there was no law against his
taking diamonds from England and land
ing them in an English colony, and that
probably he would dispose Of his diamonds
before coming to America again. That
overcame my scruples. With my $500
started here in the junk line in a small
way. That, gentlemen, is the way
started in business. New York Times.